Me, the environment, and my art

January Riot Numbers

I only include household gas and electric in these numbers, primarily because I keep forgetting to record gas for my car (you’d think that by only filling up once or twice a month I’d remember, but you’d be wrong), and I haven’t included consumer spending – because I just don’t buy anything other than groceries and one meal out per week.

So, here are the two utilities:

The months listed are the months when I received the bills. I have taken the Average Annual American Household (AAAH) figures (when those were the figures given) and divided by 12 for the numbers to beat.

Seven-Month Usage: My usage for July-January was 2,523 kwh. This is…
…down 3,896 kwh, or 60.69% from the national average
…down 1,013 kwh, or 40.15% from my own usage during the same time period last year.

HOUSEHOLD GAS
The AAAH uses 83.33 per month for household gas.

January: 89.3 therms. This is UP 7.16% from the national average.

Seven-Month Usage: My usage for July-January was 179.5 therms. This is down 403.8 therms, or 69.22% from the national average.